Publications & Events

SSDI White Paper

In 2015 and 2017, the Vermont Joint Legislative Council wrote two issue briefs about long-term work disability in Vermont entitled “Why is the Prevalence of Young People on the Social Security Disability Program in Northern New England So High, And Why Has It Risen So Rapidly Since 2000?”

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Work Disability Prevention Summit Participant Workbook

The Vermont Work Disability Prevention Summit brought together a carefully curated group of experts to shape the future of work diability prevention.

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Predictors of Patient Engagement in a Care Coordination Program

Purpose: To identify predictors of patient engagement in a care coordination program for individuals with work disabilities using a continuum-based definition of engagement and the PROGRESS-Plus framework.

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VT RETAIN: An early return-to-work intervention model centered in primary care for individuals with work-limiting health conditions

A description of the design and implementation of the Vermont RETAIN work disability prevention program.

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Rationale for and Overview of a Five-State Stay-at-Work and Return-to-Work Network for People With Acquired Disabilities

This article, the first in a series of five, provides an overview of five states’ approaches to comprehensive work-health services for people with work-limiting health conditions in Kansas, Kentucky, Ohio, Minnesota, and Vermont.

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Training and Resources for Clinicians to Reduce Paperwork Burden and Improve Patient Work Capacity Documentation

Clinician confidence in completing patient work forms and addressing patient work-health needs improved after our one-hour training.

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A Co-Designed Return-to-Work Toolkit for Community Health Workers to Improve Patient Health and Work Outcomes

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Retention: Afterthought or Core Strategy in the Rural Healthcare Workforce

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